Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
17/04/2026, 03:29
General
- Target 2026-04-17_3654cd82e3134bfe52c897e1a7bf036d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
- Size 596KB
- Sample260417-d2cfhaes8n
- SHA256 99304d3541eec6e5dcb8f7c5f1093e06df4d96e7fdb09953adc136b2edeb3fbd
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 12 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_3654cd82e3134bfe52c897e1a7bf036d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_3654cd82e3134bfe52c897e1a7bf036d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe"adobearmhelper32.exe "2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"3⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"4⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe"C:\Windows\system32\eventviewer.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
ArmReport.ini
ArmReport.ini
RdrManifest2.msi
103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
ArmUI.ini
TmpAB00.tmp
TmpC66A.tmp
TmpC69A.tmp
adobearmhelper32.exe
tmp231E.tmp
eventviewer.exe
syslog.exe
memory/1684-398-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-349-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-102-0x0000000003470000-0x000000000347A000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-1528-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-1514-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-1343-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-341-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-1257-0x00000000058C0000-0x000000000735E000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-101-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-1255-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/1684-404-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000B31000-memory.dmp
memory/2600-299-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000001131000-memory.dmp
memory/2600-106-0x0000000003C30000-0x0000000003C88000-memory.dmp
memory/2600-149-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000001131000-memory.dmp
memory/2600-300-0x0000000003C30000-0x0000000003C88000-memory.dmp
memory/2600-105-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000001131000-memory.dmp
memory/3668-339-0x00000000023D0000-0x0000000002651000-memory.dmp
memory/3668-344-0x00000000027C0000-0x00000000027CA000-memory.dmp
memory/3668-100-0x00000000027C0000-0x00000000027CA000-memory.dmp
memory/3668-343-0x00000000023D0000-0x0000000002651000-memory.dmp
memory/3668-99-0x00000000023D0000-0x0000000002651000-memory.dmp
memory/4924-10-0x00000000011F0000-0x0000000001471000-memory.dmp